International ROK Meetup Day: February 6, 2016

Daryush "Roosh" Valizadeh created ROK in October 2012. You can visit his blog at RooshV.com or follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

On February 6, 2016 at 8PM, readers of Return Of Kings, Roosh V Forum, and my blog will have the opportunity to meet other like-minded men in their cities. The meetup on February 6 will hopefully be the start of fixed and regular meetups that serve men in their local communities in a way that internet platforms do not.

The Problem

The internet is great for sharing information and building e-relationships, but it often does not bridge the gap to create real friendships, allow for male bonding, and offer concrete aid or help. I hope you agree that having 100 e-friends does not surpass having one real friend who understands you, shares your world view, and is accessible with a phone call or short drive away.

While many of you certainly have normal friendships, chances are those friends are moderates who may not be dependable in times of crisis, and who may not defend you if a hostile enemy approaches. It’s important to develop the right friendships of men who have your back no matter what, just like men in Canada had my back last summer.

I’m in touch with a German man whose small city is currently the site of a government-sponsored relocation program for Afro-Islamists. He stated to me that his city has become more unsafe after dark and he’s starting to feel like a prisoner in his own home, especially since he does not have friendships there with men who are against the immigrant invasion. If he was connected to a tribe within his city, I have no doubt that he’d feel more safe while having the means to improve the situation caused by his government to displace him and reduce his standard of living.

The Solution

I aim to help men create tribes in cities throughout the world that operate independently of each other. Each tribe will be maintained by a chief that runs it in a way he sees fit. Very little information will be given to me, especially concerning personal information of the tribe’s members. If I get shut down for whatever reason, the tribes will be able to continue operation. If one tribe dissipates from inactivity, it will not affect other tribes.

During peace-time, I advise tribes to meet at least twice a month on a regular schedule over coffee or drinks (e.g. every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 8pm). The atmosphere will be relaxed and you’ll be able to talk about women, politics, travel, work, or whatever else interests you. During times of crisis, however, when members are threatened due to the actions of outsiders or their own government, the tribe will be utilized to offer concrete support and defense. Hopefully that day will never come, but odds are it will, and you need to establish relationships with men you trust before a threat arrives.

Tribal meetings will not tolerate the promotion of illegal actions and will not engage in violence. Any man that suggests violent activity will be seen as a provocateur or government agent.

The First Meeting

To get the ball rolling, I will help organize your city’s first meetup on February 6. What I ask is for men who can host the meetup in their city to click here and fill out this form. A potential host should be able to…

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Arrive on time to a public landmark of his choosing (the landmark location will be posted publicly). Important: submit an outdoor landmark to initially meet, not the actual bar or cafe you will walk to and sit in. It would be very helpful if you include an image link to the meeting point within the form.

Gather attendees through the use of a code phrase

Direct men by foot to the meeting location that you choose (e.g. a nearby cafe or bar)

Be a welcoming host

Gather contact information of attendees (email or phone number) to invite them to potential future meetups

Once a host has four meetups in a row, I will add his tribe to the Tribal Meeting map so future men can contact him and join.

The Next Step

If you would like a tribe in your city then I ask you to step up by volunteering to host the meeting on February 6. If a city has no host on that date, there can be no meetup. Big cities like New York City, London, and Los Angeles may have multiple hosts in different parts of town. If you can host, fill out this form no later than January 16 and wait for word back from me.

If you would like to attend the meetup on February 6 but are unable to host, simply wait for a follow-up article that gives further instructions.

Here is the operation schedule:

January 4-16: Open call for hosts
January 19: Publication of public landmark meeting locations
February 6: Meetup at 8pm in your city

Conclusion

There are currently three tribes, located in Chicago, Washington DC, and Poznan (Poland). I’ve participated with two of them, so I’ve seen firsthand how valuable they are in providing a venue for men to be men, reviving the “men’s club” idea of old. I can state that my time spent in these two cities is better because of the tribes’ existence.

Each of the three tribes currently serves a masculine function, but if economic collapse, internal decline, and mass migration accelerate, negatively affecting members’ quality of life, they will serve as much more. At that critical juncture, I hope the tribe will be able to counterbalance hardships on its members by giving them a means to take the right actions to support and defend themselves, their family, and their city.

Every man gets to choose his level of involvement. I present the idea and the logistics today, and now it’s up to you to decide where to take it.

I’m right outside of Nashville, but I went to college at APSU so I know that area. Perhaps, if there are some more people around our area that’s interested, we can nail down a meetup spot that works for everyone.

On a side note, are you familiar with the Black Horse Pub in Clarksville, TN?

As for what’s to be done at the meetup, it seemed to me that basically it was up to that group/tribe to come up with the internal dialogue and its purpose. But further clarification would be appreciated from Roosh.

Yeah, I re-read a few spots of the article and it does seem to be left to the group. Not sure about others, but I’m more of a doer. Sitting around talking is all well and good, but this would be an excellent time to also work on developing skillsets. A healthy balance of each. We’ll just have to see if we have any others who are interested.

I’m not into the club scene, but a cigar lounge sounds good. It seems like we got 3-4 guys relatively close to the Nashville area. Does someone want to step up and host this group? If not, I’ll get the ball rolling.

**Update: Feb 6 would not work for me due to previous scheduling conflicts. If we do get the ball rolling on this, would anyone be opposed to having our first meeting on Feb 7?**

Meet up, talk, establish consensus (or not?). It’ll be like having a discussion on RoK, but it’ll be more effective because there will be the create to create real friendships instead of “e-friendships”.

This is an excellent idea and I’d consider attending in the Toronto area.

However, given the current events going on around the world and the frustration surrounding those issues, and the large readership base of people from that part of the world, is there a demographic you’re specifically targeting?

Also, other than people inciting violence / illegal activity for obvious reasons, who else, if anyone, is specifically is excluded?

This is something important to consider, given a very multicultural city like Toronto and certain groups will not get along very well with others which will reduce the effectiveness of the tribe.

It may be helpful to break up Toronto and the GTA into several parts for this reason if there’s enough people.

I’m originally from there. Shame they tore down some of the smaller moumtain ridges in Mifflin Co. area for highway construction. Destroyed great swaths of hunting land with those ridges being some of my childhood hunting/camping memories.

Live in Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area now. The flatlands took a while to get used to.

If you want to make the drive up, you’re more than welcome. Capt Obvious and I are hashing out the details on co-hosting a meeting around the Nashville area. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll keep you posted.

The Irish language name for Naas, Nás na Ríogh literally translates as Meeting Place of the Kings.[3] The town historically hosted meetings of pre-Norman Irish kings from the Kingdom of Leinster.[citation needed] After the Norman invasion in 1169–71 AD, some meetings of the Parliament of Ireland were held in the town.[citation needed] Many of the earlier settlers in Kildare were Cambro-Normans from Wales therefore the medieval church was dedicated to Saint David.[citation needed]

Excelent. ROK influence has even reached a 20 years old guy from Chile. I hope that we can do this kind of things on my country too. SJW’s, left-wing, welfare, mass inmigration (mostly illegal) and feminism are taken my country with relentless and thanks to this site to present me the red pill and help me to realize all the bullshit that I was being influenced by.You are making a great difference over the world. Respects from Chile.

PD: My english writing sucks I know. But I don’t give a shit. If you undertand my intention that’s great for me.

I’m from Canada, but I supported Chile in the last world cup, even had a Chilean Jersey. You guys kicked the the SHIT out of Brazil. even though Chile lost, I’m convinced Brazil didn’t win the world cup because of the shit kicking Chile gave them before they played Germany.

I would recommend “tribes” use multiple layers of operational security to keep their identities confidential but also known to your fellow brothers. These are:

1. Men only. Makes sense. Maybe at some time and date in the future women will belong in the larger conversation, but for now the chances of an insurgent woman are too high. Women are (mostly) easy to identify and it means feminist collaborators have to get their white knights to do their work for them.

2. Use of both private and public means of conveying membership. Use of old school secret society tricks such as signs, handshakes, displaying a particular piece of a visible badge (like a ring, neck tie, tie bar, cuff links, etc).

3. Use call chains instead of emails, social media, etc.

4. Leave your ID and any other immediate identifying material in your car or at home. Carry cash. Make sure anywhere you go will take cash.

5. Tell people to go by a nickname if they would like to do so. Don’t talk about personal details too much, at least at first.

6. Change up your meeting locations regularly but not on any particular schedule.

7. If you have the option take public transit instead of driving. A car is an easy identifier for who you actually are seeing most have two registration plates, a particular color, and easily identifiable model. If you do have to drive try to park away from the venue.

8. Ask that people leave in small groups as not to attract attention. If you have a group of twenty ask your fellow brothers to slip out in groups of two or three every five minutes or so. This will also limit the opportunity for someone to follow any particular member.

9. For communication, try using an app such as Burner to keep your actual cell phone number private. If you have a “secretary” recording contact information make sure they keep that in a handwritten record. Don’t put it on something like a Google Group.

These are just some basic recommendations. Remember if this is successful feminists will probably come down hard on it and try to “dox” as many members as possible. Following a few simple practices can make it very difficult to do so and could also protect your livelihood. (And yes it is sad we live in such times where men have to organize in the same manner ancient Christians had to do under the fear of death).

A simple suggestion with ties to ancient masculinity. Roman Senators used to wear simple iron rings to denote that their lineage traced back to the founding of Rome. We could wear iron rings with the Latin word REX engraved, latin for king.

An off the cuff idea, but this type of symbolism can be powerful stuff in ensuring that neomasculinity remains at the core of the tribal meetings and a powerful reminder that men built civilization.

I agree with many of your ideas to maintain the integrity of a man’s identity, however, the easiest way to bring together a group of men without outside interference or suspicion is to call state the purpose of the group as the study and maintenance of history and historical record, or some other obscure study that would turn away even the most curious feminist or SJW.

Rex is Latin for King and so I envisioned each individual wearing a ring that named them as a King so to speak, putting ROK on a ring or cufflinks would not be very anonymous. One could engrave the entire phrase Return of Kings in Latin if one wished, though I have no idea what that would be.

Maybe have your prospective tribemembers submit an essay or belief statement or give a speech or interview. The more words they put forth, the more you see into them. Ivy League and snooty colleges cherry pick their minions by going beyond the bubble test or the rote pledge. They require an interview by the dean who has heard enough statements from prospective students that he is virtually a walking ‘character’ detector similar to a skilled administerer of a lie detector test. They filter the candidates that have the gifts required and the hallowed soul to put their all up for the elite’s bidding.

When talking to anyone, the more they talk and converse, the better picture you get of them.

Still, I doubt any rigid model can be followed with stipulating how something as organic as a tribe forming would transpire. Be social. Be keen. Be wise. Share your wisdom. Know your foes. Face your demons. Be vigilant. Be prepared.

A good group to take ideas from are the Free Masons. While much more public now, their traditions stem from the real need of secrecy.
Any guild for that matter- the age-old rituals are time tested ways to keep the members secret.

I am a late 20’s Muslim male of Somali (East African) descent from the rougher parts of Toronto. I am red pill aware, anti-cultural marxism and a race realist. I’m also anti-wahhabi/salafi (meaning anti-isis, saudi style Islam etc). Would I be welcome into the Toronto tribe considering i’m a Muslim of African descent?

It would be great if we could kick something off here in Ottawa Canada, feminist paradise. I just had a custom T shirt made that says ” I Am Patriarchy”. I wore it out to a few hipster clubs already, I definitely ruffled a few feminist feathers.

I would like to make one small observation that ultimately requires earned attention and eventually an article as such.
As devoted readers of ROK, how can one keep his freedom of expression free from judgemental g0v3rnm3nt institutions. We are all well aware that they are spyin9 on us and that in Eur0p3 as well as other continents they have instituted anti hate sp33ch laws and these type of laws are organic (meaning independent organizations will be formed in order to enforce those laws i.e. g-v3m3nt institutions).

What can one do to keep them at bay?
Use alternative usernames ?
Use protective software ? – i.e. TOR browser

The point of these meetings is to speak freely. How freely will we be able to speak in a restaurant or cafe? It will kind of mess things up to have a waitress interrupting every few minutes. A private room would be much better but obviously it won’t be our domiciles.

It will probably be too cold to hold the meeting outdoors. Anyone have experience reserving a back room or something? Suggestions?

And the lengths we have to go to: this shows how insane the modern world has become.

Know anybody that owns a gated plot of land? Meet at a designated spot, have everyone follow you back to said land. Assign a gatekeeper ahead of time, set up some ice chests & lawnchairs around a bonfire & there you go!

Daniel Ramos,
I’ve been coming to this site almost daily since around November of 2013. I attended the State of Man confrence this summer in DC with a friend & had a blast. I’m curious to see how many people show up to Little Rock’s meetup. As long as I’ve been coming here, I haven’t met another soul in this city who knows about this site, but then again, I’m not at all vocal about my political/social views except for with a small number of people, & for obvious reasons. Whenever I travel outside of the southern US, I find funny the common misconception that this is still considered by northerners to be the “bible belt” or that we’re primarily conservative. Couldn’t be further from the truth, & things are only getting worse, sad to say. I’d be up for suggestions if you want to talk more. We all have to watch our asses around here.

I just never bothered to set one of these up. It asks for your disqus name on the tribe form, so once I set up a new email address to attatch to the disqus, I felt my anonymity was safe enough. That has been the main reason.

Any thoughts on averting uninvited “guests” who might want to interrupt and prevent the meetings? I would be highly surprised if every meetup goes off without a hitch: I think you will see a lot of media coverage in the upcoming month before Feb 6.

Having one or two hundred meetings take place around the world on the same day is gonna be big. Maybe even bigger than Roosh in Toronto.

Leroy and CR199, given the latest exposure the Australian ROK meetups have received in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and even Perth Now. I am almost certain we will be infiltrated, protested or worse.

I am still attending, if you are as well, can I address you by your internet pseudonyms so I know who I can semi-trust at this event?

Or do you have a better way to ensure that we limit the sphere of influence by potential usurpers?

And to the Perth organizers, if you are reading this, stay strong and resolute in the face of intellectual terrorism.

This is very similar to the way Communist cells operated during the ’50s, the primary difference being that the Communist preferred to keep their cell size below six.
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Those fuckers sure were effective.
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Roosh, this may be the start of something awesome.

That is not nice.
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Well, neither is she.
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Prepare yourself for a shit-ton of criticism that Dworkin wrote those lines as part of a novel, and never spoke them in the first person.
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‘sides, anyone who has examined her life and her general appearance could easily have determined that she was the type of woman who really appreciated men.
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(snicker)

PJ4 – I am not joking here. This looks almost exactly like two of our deathscorts – no joke. I am not making fun of their appearance, just making an observation – the hair is 100% of one’s, the face is 100% of the other’s, and the body style is identical for the two of them. Seriously not being mean here – just the facts. That picture is uncanny. “Thanks” for the nightmares. 🙁

Weird how “some” people promise to ignore you and then keep coming back for more. Kinda like how they follow you and then dismiss you. The mind of the pro-abort is filled with self-refutations and absurdities.

Here is his religious resume. He first demanded that I accept all of it, but when my inner objectivist identified his contradictions, he started selectively denying parts of it.
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I read up on Centering Prayer and Teasdale. Jim does not engage in their described practices. Why claim them if they have no effect on you?
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12 years Catholic Parochial School, 4 years Missouri Synod Lutheran
University, 2 years purely secular grad school–religion not mentioned.
Had both my kids and Grandson baptized. I was an alter boy (was not
abused, know people you were). I saw the Silent Scream when it was first
released.
Attended a UCC church for a couple years. Spent ten years
practicing Centering prayer with Contemplative Outreach. Met its
founder Thomas Keating twice, Brother Wayne Teasdale once about a year
before he died. Have read the Bible from cover to cover and many
commentaries on it, both liberal and conservative. I have read a lot of
theology, particularly moral theology; e.g., Aquinas. I read late Great
Planet Earth and a lot of stuff on the end times, rapture etc. Worked
for a fundamentalist for a couple years, we became good friends.
I
currently officially list my religious preference as none. I’m
intellectual comfortable with some concepts of God, particularly as
described by some of the founders; e.g., Jefferson or Paine. Despite
that, I tend to take an agnostic approach like Huxley described.
Anything else you want to know?

You are very kind. I have wanted to dissect this Nimrod (‘nutha biblical reference!) for about a year.
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I hope that I don’t offend you with some of my coarse stories and observations. My inner sailor and eighth grader sometimes come out to play on Disqus. I know you have seen me in the threads for a long time, but I am generally better behaved on the threads with you and PJ.
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Disingenuous is a good word. My friend Jubal says I am a “crazy person whisperer”. It turns out that all disingenuous people have some sort of mental problem which can be exposed and exploited.
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Who knew? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/97cbbe064b5a4d090ac01d1de62c6c08f94eab2eb2aebf7c3ac2afaa6c2930d9.jpg

I went with several Baptist friends I knew from the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature to the clinic in Tulsa.
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We were all trained well. To a person we were polite as we told the young ladies about our concerns. One broke down. Her boyfriend was the driving force behind her trip to the abortuary. She did not kill her baby that day. Two others went through with it. There should have been a fourth, but we never saw her.

Just want you to know that you are putting on a clinic these last few days since I began following you. I am taking notes, and I suspect others are too. You either have a technical background or a strong philosophical background, or both, and your wisdom is even greater than your astronomical IQ.

To give you a fair reply, I’ll have to wait until I have had some time to think about the things you wrote. I appreciate your many affirmations. Only a small fraction of disqus participants actually like people and come her from a positive place. I can see that you are one of those people.

There is a lot to tell you, but this is not an appropriate forum for discussing all of the topics affected by your comment.
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I do have a technical background.
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I do have training in forensics, logic, and considerable experience working on deliberative bodies.
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It flatters me that you perceive me as having a strong philosophical background. Once I know you better, I’ll share the reasons privately.

My primary training is technical. The elegance of the scientific method is very appealing to me. I find that elegance neatly mirrored in Objectivism’s demand that contradictions be solved.

At the moment I am reading a book related to my work. I need guidance in a proposed merger of my business with that of a former employee who also is a close friend. When that is done, recent events are practically demanding that I reread Return of the Primitive.

I am aware of your beliefs. I respect them. I have no desire to change what you believe. I am sure at some point you will talk to me about your Christian duty under the Great Commission. I am also sure that you believe in the concept of Free Will. Individualism is among my highest values, and folks like you and I should never have any difficulty getting along.

I said all of that to say this. I read nightly. Although I am looking to clarify my thinking by re-reading ROTP, I don’t want for you to consider it a recommendation. I doubt that you would enjoy it, and I’m not sure it would be of any particular benefit to you. I really am quite happy to let you and every other peaceful human on the planet pursue his own course.

As for the philosophical background, I think what you see in me is another person who reads and thinks. Quite a few folks read. Not many spend much time thinking critically afterwards.

People who rely on their credentials as a substitute for thinking annoy the hell out of me.

People who believe they have a calling to force their beliefs on other people are the cause of almost all of the evil in the world.

People who flaunt their intellectualism are always hiding something else.

The smartest philosopher at Harvard is less qualified to make decisions about the life of the poorest farmer in the Texas panhandle than that farmer himself. Almost all of the starvation, evil and death associated with 20th Century Statism resulted from letting highly credentialed philosophers make decisions for other people.

You will always find me siding with folks who act in their own, rational self-interest. I don’t like anyone who bullies people into doing things outside of those interests.

Shep, I am onboard with you – beautifully put. I could not agree more. I like how you provided the explanation for good philosophy resulting from lots of reading and even more reflection. Powerful stuff!

I have one question when you wrote:

“You will always find me siding with folks who act in their own, rational self-interest. I don’t like anyone who bullies people into doing things outside of those interests.”

Was your second sentence meant to qualify your first one? I am thinking of abortion here. Someone in favor of abortion would say they ARE acting in their self-interest, but abortion clearly bullies “people” in the womb. Or are you saying, as I believe, that abortion is not consistent with a RATIONAL self-interest?

I wasn’t thinking of abortion at all when I wrote that.
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But since you asked, the image of that young woman who was bullied by her boyfriend to go to the abortuary, but who turned tearfully back at the last moment comes to mind.

I have not been out there that long, but am out with some folks who began in the 70’s. My only claim to fame is that I am now the most hated by the opposition. For that I give glory to God – and to PJ4, MamaBear, and Basset_Hound. Lots of Basset goes down out there. Gonna take some Shep out there now too – for which I thank you VERY much!

My suggestion to everyone involved in this is to create your own specific means of vetting, meeting, and initiating contact once you all finally decide on the when where and how.

Keep your true methods off from here. Email them personally to each other. Make sure your antivirus is up to date.

Take no chances. Nothing is guaranteed but if you are careful it will be a lot harder for the stealth trolls or random SJ turds that come here to obtain personal information especially in as far as your meetups are concerned.

Long time reader, first time poster. I am posting now to try and drum up interest in my area. I live in SE WI. Geographically, I am right in between Milwaukee and Chicago (minutes from I94), though both are 45m+ away and not practical for attending tribe meetings twice a month. My local town does not have Roosh’s recommended 250k population, still I would like to find more red pillers in the area to start a tribe here. I have only one success story and many failures bringing the red pill to men I thought could benefit from it.

ROK would do well to set an alternative, off-the-radar means of communication. When SHTF, this ensures awakened men remain organized. When sufficient strength in numbers and resources is achieved, the evil mass media must be destroyed/severely impaired/tapped into. Only after these steps could an “Operation Whitewash” commence, on the rotten elites, their hunting dogs, and barbarians alike.